The Design and Application of Converted-Wave Offset Vector Tiles

Richard Bale, Tobin Marchand, Keith Wilkinson, and Jeff Deere
SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2013: pp. 5141-5145.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/segam2013-1471.1

This abstract describes a modification of the design criteria normally adopted for Offset Vector Tiles, so that they can be used more effectively with converted-wave data. The modification is based on the asymptotic conversion point correction and is a function of the Vp/Vs ratio. There are a number of potential applications of this approach in converted-wave processing. Here, we demonstrate the improvement that results in converted-wave prestack time migration of single offset vector tiles using this PS Offset Vector Tile design.